Category: Erroneous VA Headstones

“Vandalism of Neglect” Two Years Later

I first published Vandalism of Neglect (Headstone Inscription Errors at the Central Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery at King) two years ago.  I distributed only one copy; it was sent to then-Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs (WIDVA), Daniel Zimmerman.  In the year following the publication, I heard absolutely nothing from the WIDVA.  After…

By James Gardner 11 Jun 2019 Off

Confederate Cavalryman Mis-Identified as Union Casualty for 150 Years

Cullen Britton Private Company C 12th Kentucky Cavalry Confederate States Army CIVIL WAR On a sunny November afternoon that was described as an “Indian summer day”, over 20,000 Confederate troops lined up against a force of 25,000 Union soldiers, who were outside of Franklin, Tennessee. The battlefield was wide, open ground; but the Union forces…

By James Gardner 03 May 2019 Off

Typographical Error Creates a New Person – Complete with Burial and Headstone

My extensive research has identified no less than four (4) burials at the Central Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery (CWVMC) in which each “decendent” was created whole-cloth from a typographical and/or transcription error.  To be clear:  these four individuals never existed; and, yet, the CWVMC maintains a complete burial record for each of them. And each…

By James Gardner 26 Feb 2019 Off